From Nave’s Topical Bible

Falsehood

Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.

202
Passages listed
36
Books of the 66
1896
Nave's edition

How Nave’s arranged it

General scriptures concerningExodus 20:16 Exodus 23:1 Leviticus 6:2–7 Leviticus 19:11 Leviticus 19:12 Leviticus 19:16 Job 13:4 Job 21:34 Job 27:4 Job 31:5 Job 31:6 Job 31:33 Job 36:4 Psalms 5:6 Psalms 5:9 Psalms 10:7 Psalms 12:2 Psalms 12:3 Psalms 28:3 Psalms 31:18
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See Conspiracy
See Deceit
See Deception
See False Witness
See Flattery
See Hypocrisy
See Perjury
See Teachers, False
INSTANCES OF
Satan

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In deceiving EveGenesis 3:4 Genesis 3:5
In impugning Job's motives for being righteousJob 1:9 Job 1:10 Job 2:4 Job 2:5
In his false pretensions to JesusMatthew 4:8 Matthew 4:9 Luke 4:6 Luke 4:7
Adam and Eve, in attempting to evade responsibilityGenesis 3:12 Genesis 3:13
Cain, in denying knowledge of his brotherGenesis 4:9
Abraham, in denying that Sarah was his wifeGenesis 12:11–19 Genesis 20:2
Sarah
To the angels, denying her derisive laugh of unbeliefGenesis 18:15
In denying to the king of Gerar, that she was Abraham's wifeGenesis 20:5 Genesis 20:16
Isaac, denying that Rebekah was his wifeGenesis 26:7–10
Rebekah and Isaac, in the conspiracy against EsauGenesis 27:6–24 Genesis 27:46
Jacob's sons, in the scheme to destroy the Shechemites by first having them circumcisedGenesis 34
Joseph's brothers, in deceiving their father into a belief that Joseph was killed by wild beastsGenesis 37:29–35
Potiphar's wife, in falsely accusing JosephGenesis 39:14–17
Joseph, in the deception he carried on with his brothersGenesis 42 Genesis 43 Genesis 44
Pharaoh, in dealing deceitfully with the IsraelitesExodus 7 Exodus 8 Exodus 9 Exodus 10 Exodus 11 Exodus 12
Aaron, in attempting to shift responsibility for the making of the golden calfExodus 32:1–24
Rahab, in denying that the spies were in her houseJoshua 2:4–6
The Gibeonites, ambassadors, in the deception they perpetrated upon Joshua and the elders of Israel in leading them to believe that they came from a distant region, when in fact they lived in the immediate vicinityJoshua 9
Ehud, in pretending to carry secret messages to Eglon, king of Moab, while his real objective was to assassinate himJudges 3:16–23
Sisera, who instructed Jael to mislead his pursuersJudges 4:20
Saul, in professing to Samuel to have obeyed the commandment to destroy all spoils of the Amalekites, when in fact he had not obeyed1 Samuel 15:1–26
In accusing Ahimelech of conspiring with David against himself1 Samuel 22:11–16
David lied to Ahimelech, professing to have a mission from the king, in order that he might obtain provisions and armor1 Samuel 21
David in feigning madness1 Samuel 21:13–15
David's other deceits with the Philistines1 Samuel 27:8–12
The falsehood of friendship to Absalom that David put in the mouth of Hushai2 Samuel 15:34–37
Michal, in the false statement that David was sick, in order to save him from Saul's violence1 Samuel 19:12–17
The Amalekite who claimed to have killed Saul2 Samuel 1:10–12
Hushai
In false professions to Absalom2 Samuel 16:16–19
In his deceitful counsel to Absalom2 Samuel 17:7–14
The wife of the Bahurimite who saved the lives of Hushai's messengers, sent to apprise David of the movements of Absalom's army2 Samuel 17:15–22
The murder, under false pretense
Of Adonijah1 Kings 2:23
Of Shimei1 Kings 2:42 1 Kings 2:43
Of Jeroboam's wife1 Kings 14:2
The old prophet of Beth-el who misguided the prophet of Judah1 Kings 13:11–22
Jeroboam's wife, feigning herself to be another woman1 Kings 14:5–7
The conspirators against Naboth1 Kings 21:7–13
Gehazi, when he ran after Naaman, and misrepresented that Elisha wanted a talent of silver and two changes of clothes2 Kings 5:20–24
Hazael, servant of the king of Syria, lied to the king in misstating the prophet Elisha's message with regard to the king's recovery2 Kings 8:7–15
Jehu lied to the worshipers of Baal in order to gain the advantage over them and destroy them2 Kings 10:18–28
Zedekiah, in violating his oath of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzer2 Chronicles 36:13 Ezekiel 16:59 Ezekiel 17:15–20
Samaritans, in their efforts to hinder the rebuilding of the temple at JerusalemEzra 4
Sanballat in trying to obstruct the rebuilding of JerusalemNehemiah 6
Haman, in his conspiracy against the JewsEsther 3:8
Jeremiah's adversaries, in accusing him of joining the ChaldeansJeremiah 37:13–15
Princes of Israel, when they went to Jeremiah for a vision from the LordJeremiah 42:20
Herod the Great, to the wise men, in professing to desire to worship JesusMatthew 2:8
Jewish leaders
In falsely accusing Jesus of being gluttonous and a winebibber (a wino)Matthew 11:19
In refusing to bear truthful testimony concerning John the BaptistMatthew 21:24–27
Falsely accusing Jesus of blasphemy, when he forgave sinMatthew 9:2–6 Mark 2:7 Luke 5:21
And when Jesus announced that he was the Son of GodMatthew 26:65 Mark 14:64 John 10:33–38
Peter, in denying JesusMatthew 26:69–75 Mark 14:68–71 Luke 22:56–62 John 18:25–27
The Roman soldiers, who said the disciples stole the body of JesusMatthew 28:13 Matthew 28:15
The disobedient son, who promised to work in the vineyard, but did notMatthew 21:30
Ananias and Sapphira falsely state that they had sold their land for a given sumActs 5:1–10
Stephen's accusers, who falsely accused him of blaspheming Moses and GodActs 6:11–14
Paul's traducers, falsely accusing him of treason to CaesarActs 16:20 Acts 16:21 Acts 17:5–7 Acts 24:5 Acts 25:7 Acts 25:8
The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow belliesTitus 1:12
See Accusation, False
See Conspiracy
See False Witness
See Hypocrisy
See Perjury
See Teachers, False

The passages, in Bible order (202)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

Genesis 3:4
“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.
Commentary on Genesis 3:41 voice
Let us learn, therefore, that the temptations of the Devil are full of guile. Of the things that he promised, scarcely one of them seems to be true. He contrived falsehoods, as we can see if we read elsewhere: 'And the serpent said to the woman, you shall not die.' [ Gen 3:4 ] Here we have one falsehood, for man, who followed the promises of the serpent, is subject to death.
Ambrose of Milan· On Paradise, 13.61-67, 397Patristic
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Genesis 3:5
“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Commentary on Genesis 3:51 voice
One should consider with fear what Job says of Behemoth-Leviathan: "He shall strew gold under him like mire." Through knowledge, temptation easily leads to ruin. "You will be like God, knowing good and evil." Wherefore some men want to search beyond the way of nature, …
Bonaventure· Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 19, 1257Patristic
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Genesis 3:12
And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
Commentary on Genesis 3:121 voice
If Adam and Eve had sought to repent after they had transgressed the commandment, even though they would not have regained that which they had possessed before their transgression of the commandment, they would have escaped from the curses that were decreed on the earth …
Ephrem the Syrian· COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 2.23.2, 373Patristic
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Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
Commentary on Genesis 3:131 voice
That fault is pardonable which is followed by an admission of guilt. The woman, therefore, is not to be despaired of, who did not keep silent before God, but who preferred to admit her sin-the woman on whom was passed a sentence that was salutary. It is good to suffer condemnation for our sins and to be scourged for our crimes, provided we are scourged along with other men. Hence, Cain, because he wanted to deny his guilt, was judged unworthy to be punished in his sin.
Ambrose of Milan· On Paradise, 14.71-15.73, 397Patristic
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Genesis 4:9
And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Commentary on Genesis 4:92 voices
He answered: I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper? A foolish and equally arrogant answer; foolish, since he thought he could deceive Him who knew his sinful conscience and accused him of the crime of fratricide even before it was committed, as the …
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735Patristic
And the Lord said unto Cain, where is Abel thy brother?....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Genesis 12:11–19
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
Commentary on Genesis 12:11–192 voices
There came a famine, and so he went to Egypt. He knew that in Egypt the dissipation of youth was widespread, characterized by lust, impudent desires and unrestrained passions. He understood that among such men the modesty of his wife would be defenseless and that her beauty would be a danger for him. So he told his wife to say that she was his sister. By this we are taught that it is not so much beauty that one should seek in a wife, for this often leads to the death of the husband.
Ambrose of Milan· ON ABRAHAM 1.2.6, 397Patristic
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Genesis 18:15
But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
Commentary on Genesis 18:151 voice
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Genesis 20:2
Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Commentary on Genesis 20:22 voices
I think, therefore, that Sarah, which means "princess" or "one who governs empires," represents aretē, which is the virtue of the soul. This virtue then is joined to and clings to a wise and faithful man, even as that wise man who said of wisdom, "I have desired to take her for my spouse." For this reason therefore God says to Abraham, "In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice."
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON GENESIS 6.1-2, 253Patristic
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, she is my sister,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Genesis 20:5
Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
Commentary on Genesis 20:52 voices
But let us see what Abimelech said to the Lord. "You know, Lord," the text says, "that I have done this with a pure heart." This Abimelech acts very differently from Pharaoh. He is not so ignorant and vile but knows that he ought to prepare a "pure heart" for virtue. And because he wished to receive virtue with a pure heart, therefore God heals him when Abraham prays for him. And God heals not only Abimelech but also his handmaids.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON GENESIS 6.2, 253Patristic
Said he not unto me, she is my sister?....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Genesis 20:16
And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
Commentary on Genesis 20:161 voice
Behold, I have given a thousand pieces of silver to your brother; this will be a veil of the eyes to all who are with you, wherever you shall go; and remember that you have been discovered. While speaking playfully, because she herself had said …
Bede· Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron), 735Patristic
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Genesis 26:7–10
But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
Commentary on Genesis 26:7–101 voice
And the men of the place asked him of his wife,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Genesis 27:6–24
Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father saying to your brother Esau,
Commentary on Genesis 27:6–241 voice
And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son,.... Who was in the tent with her, and for whom she had the strongest affection: saying, behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother; heard the conversation that passed between them, and particularly what Isaac had given in charge to Esau: saying, as follows:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Genesis 27:46
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
Commentary on Genesis 27:462 voices
And Rebekah said to Isaac,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
I am weary of my life - It is very likely that Rebekah kept many of the circumstances related above from the knowledge of Isaac; but as Jacob could not go to Padan-aram without his knowledge, she appears here quite in her own character, framing an excuse for his departure, and concealing the true cause. Abraham had been solicitous to get a wife for his son Isaac from a branch of his own family; hence she was brought from Syria.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
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Genesis 34:1
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
Commentary on Genesis 34:12 voices
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Dinahs Dishonor This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers. Gen 34:1-5 Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the marriageable age of a female at twelve years and a day. It is probable that Dinah was in her thirteenth year when she went out to visit the daughters of the land. Six or seven years, therefore, must have been spent by Jacob between Sukkoth, where he abode some time, and the neighborhood of Shekerm, where he had purchased a piece of ground.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
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Genesis 37:29–35
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
Commentary on Genesis 37:29–352 voices
And Reuben returned unto the pit,.... It is very probable he had pretended to go somewhere on business, with an intention to take a circuit, and come to the pit and deliver his brother, and go home with him to his father. The Jews say (b) he departed from his brethren, and sat down on a certain mountain, that he might descend in the night and take Joseph out of the pit, and accordingly he came down in the night, and found him not.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Ruben returned unto the pit - It appears he was absent when the caravan passed by, to whom the other brethren had sold Joseph.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
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Genesis 39:14–17
she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
Commentary on Genesis 39:14–171 voice
Indeed, Joseph went out of doors while she spread the news of the temptation that arose from her own adultery; she said in a loud voice that the Hebrew had fled and left his garment behind. Thus she revealed what she should have concealed, so as to do harm to an innocent man by inventing a crime. But the just man Joseph did not know how to make accusation, and so the impure woman accomplished this with impunity. Therefore I might say that she was the one who had really been stripped, although she was keeping the clothing of another.
Ambrose of Milan· On Joseph the Patriarch, 397Patristic
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